Cherry Topping

Recipe Directions

1. Throw all chocolate fudge base ingredients into your high-speed blender and blend, starting very slowly and then increasing the speed. (You may need to stop and start it a bit if your blender is getting hung up. If your blades won't move, turn blender off, create an air pocket down the side with a knife, and then blend again starting on low.) Keep blending until it's very smooth, like a creamy chocolate fudge with no cashew chunks at all.

2. Pour chocolate fudge mixture into the final pans/molds and place in freezer (to let them firm up a bit while you are making the cherry topping).

3. To make the cherry topping, throw the cherries and dates into your high-speed blender. Blend until nice and smooth.

4. Hopefully your chocolate fudge base has firmed up a bit in the freezer (15 mins or so?), now use a spoon and plop the cherry topping onto the chocolate filling and smooth it out with the back of a spoon.

5. Place recipe back in freezer. Freeze until it reaches the desired (firm) consistency (5 hours or so!).

6. Store in freezer at all times. To eat, just open the freezer, slice and eat immediately.

The Rawtarian's Thoughts

Although this recipe looks fancy, it's actually quite easy. All you need is a blender!

If you don't have cherries, you can use strawberries instead. In these pictures, I used frozen pitted cherries. Frozen berries will be harder to blend, but will work fine. (Refrain from using raspberries though, since they have so many little seeds your topping will be gritty.)

The biggest question mark will be deciding what kind of dish or molds to use. If you don't have a lot of kitchen gear, you can just get a big brownie pan, cake pan or pie dish and dump the entire recipe in it (first the chocolate base, then add the cherry topping on top about 10 minutes later). Then freeze, and slice once frozen like a big cake. Easy!

As you can see in my pics, I made a few different sizes of cherry fudge cakes, from a little "cake" (using a mini springform pan) to two smaller versions using silicone molds (medium square molds and tiny round molds). I actually prefer the tiniest "bites", because they're a nice little snack in a small portion. Also, a tip if you're using silicone molds, just fill them up and leave them in the freezer in the molds. Then pop them out of the molds just before eating.

One last note, these will melt really quickly so you must eat them frozen.

Hi! I know what you mean, I have a good friend who has FM. She has taught me to consult the "Farting Pear" website to see what she can eat.

The dates are only used in the topping - they help to thicken and sweeten the cherry topping. To thicken, you can use chia seeds. (Maybe 2 tablespoons in the blender.) And for sweetness, if you can use maple syrup or honey or agave nectar (or maybe even you can use regular sugar? My friend can). Sweeten to taste

All these recipes look so good, but my son is allergic to cashews. Would it taste the same using almonds? or is there another nut I could substitute for cashews? Love your site, it has so many yummy recipes!!

Annie Woodhurst's Review

Raw chocolate cherry fudge cake recipe

5

5 out of 5

I absolutely LOVE the chocolate fudge base, and decided to experiment with the topping which I used your recipe for raw white chocolate bars (which I love) I waited for the base to freeze enough so I could press down the white chocolate! Just finished and they're in the freezer...Can't wait to try! I vote both recipes a 5/5 so I'm guessing it'll be great!

I'm not much of a coconut fan so I have been substituting Earth Balance Shortening for coconut oil and it has been working for me. I'm not sure if it is organic. I use the organic buttery spread and I'm assuming... I am just starting to make these types of treats and just checking out the raw recipes so I am ignorant of any 'rules' that might prevent use of such an item if there are any. Please forgive me if so. I will learn :-)

This information is not intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified health care professional and is not intended as medical advice. I encourage you to make your own health care decisions based upon your research and in partnership with like-minded, qualified health care professional(s). I wish you success on your raw journey!

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